Page 3: Historical Events In March - 13

1855  On March - 13 percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)   

1858  Maximilien Luce, French painter on March - 13.   

1859  John Brown 1800-1859 brings first black slaves to Canada from the US via the Underground Railway; he is later made famous in a song, John Brown's Body, about a raid he made on Harper's Ferry, Virginia on this day in history.   

1859  Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83) on March - 13.   

1860  The birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

1862  On this day in history vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer   

1865  US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service on March - 13.   

1865  On March - 13 jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

1868  Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial   

1869  On this day in history arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law   

1872  Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist on this day in history.   

1875  On March - 13 maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)   

1878  On this day in history oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match on this day in history.   

1879  On March - 13 adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60   

1881  On this day in history in Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government   

1881  Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer on March - 13.   

1881  Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62 on March - 13.   

1883  Enrico Toselli, composer on this day in history.   

1884  Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins on March - 13.   

1884  On this day in history the birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist   

1884  On March - 13 uS adopts Standard Time   

1884  On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit)   

1885  In Victoria British Columbia, the Legislature passes Chinese Restriction; bans entry of Chinese immigrants, later ruled unconstitutional on this day in history.   

1886  On March - 13 henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist   

1887  Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs on March - 13.   

1887  Carlos Isamitt, composer on March - 13.   

1888  Great Blizzard of 1888 rages on this day in history.   

1890  Michael Taube, composer on this day in history.   

1890  Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1892  Alec Rowley, composer on March - 13.   

1894  On March - 13 j L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate   

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1372  On this day in history birth of louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)   

1548  On this day in history birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.   

1615  On this day in history birth of innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)   

1683  John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744) was born on this day in history.   

1696  Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal was born on this day in history.   

1700  James Kent, composer was born on this day in history.   

1700  Michel Blavet, composer was born on March - 13.   

1202  Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies on March - 13.   

1271  On March - 13 death of henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)   

1395  Death of John Barbour, Scottish poet on this day in history.   

1516  On March - 13 vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60   

1558  On this day in history jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies   

1569  On March - 13 lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

1573  On March - 13 death of michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman   

1604  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on March - 13.